Abstract
The paper analyzes certain episodes taken from Arkas comic series: «Με τον κηδεμόνα σου» (Me ton kidemona sou) and «Σκέπτομαι κι ας μην υπάρχω» (Skeptome ki as min iparxo) in terms of Pragmatics. It explores the way language is used to create humor and jokes in one of the most famous Greek comic series. Sense relations, lexical relations and sentence relations are tracked down. In particular, an attempt to test the applicability of Grice’s conversational Maxims, implicatures-explicatures, as well as, the Cooperation Principle is made. In addition, cases of polysemy are discussed. By examining the bubbles and the various symbols, the aim is to identify specific patterns that lead to a humorous outcome. Along with the linguistic elements, reference is made to the aesthetics that surround the sketches. Overall, the paper analyses specific episodes treating language as a means by which we do things.
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